Khmer

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Etymology

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Cognate with Thai ฉลาม (chà-lǎam).

Pronunciation

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Orthographic and Phonemic ឆ្លាម
c̥ʰlām
WT romanisation chlaam
(standard) IPA(key) /cʰlaːm/

Noun

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ឆ្លាម (chlaam)

  1. (ត្រី~) Pondicherry shark (Carcharhinus hemiodon)
  2. (ត្រី~) spadenose shark (Scoliodon laticaudus)